Trends · data through September 2026

Shoe Stores & Footwear Brands in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Iceflower tracks 221 stores from 90 shoe stores & footwear brands in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Journeys grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Crocs and Famous Footwear.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
90
Tracked stores
221
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked shoe stores & footwear brands

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Journeys and Crocs sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 J Journeys logo Journeys - +13.1%
2 C Crocs logo Crocs - +0.9%
3 F Famous Footwear logo Famous Footwear - -0.4%
4 D Dr. Martens AirWair Japan logo Dr. Martens AirWair Japan ▲1 -0.6%
5 S Shoe Carnival logo Shoe Carnival - -1.2%
6 A ALDO logo ALDO ▲1 -3.7%
7 V Vans logo Vans - -5.2%
8 T Tradehome Shoes logo Tradehome Shoes ▲1 -5.5%
9 D DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse logo DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse - -7.5%
10 S Shoe Dept. Encore - -15.8%
11 U UGG logo UGG ▼3 -63.2%
  • DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse
  • Shoe Carnival
  • Journeys
  • Famous Footwear
  • Crocs
  • Vans
  • ALDO
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

221 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse (26)
  • Shoe Carnival (22)
  • Journeys (16)
  • Famous Footwear (25)
  • Crocs (4)
  • Vans (13)
  • ALDO (7)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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